Raskin said he's 'rung the bell' after completing chemotherapy treatment.
While Raskin said that he had a lot to say to those who “stood by me and helped carry me through this prolonged challenge,” for now he needed rest. In the meantime he thanked family and friends and “many thousands of people” — both in Maryland and beyond — who have sent him well wishes and prayers throughout the journey. Not to mention, he added, all the bandannas — along with homemade scarves and sweaters, wool hats, pea soup, vegan matzoh ball soup, cookies, paintings, poems, letters and more.
“Right now my hemoglobin and white blood cell counts are plunging from my final five-day round of chemotherapy, and I am afraid I lack the energy to properly thank you all and express the enormity of my feelings about the enduring beauty and promise of our country,” he wrote. “So another message will be coming soon to you all when I rebound from my still-exhausted and immuno-compromised condition.
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